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View synonyms for knife-edged
knife-edged
[ nahyf-ejd ]
adjective
- having a thin, sharp edge.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of knife-edged1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
Late in the afternoon he crawled wearily over one last knife-edged ledge and hoisted himself up onto the canyon's top.
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The lama was mildly surprised that any one should object to the knife-edged breezes which had cut the years off his shoulders.
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They are knife-edged, and the lower fits exactly inside the upper, so that they give a very firm grip.
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The first means sharp, the second narrow, both applying well to the knife-edged ridges of the desert.
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We continued to ascend, sometimes along ledges, and sometimes along knife-edged ridges, having on each hand profound ravines.
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